Life expectancy in the world today is between 70 and 73 years, with huge differences between countries. Japan is the country in the world in which its inhabitants live the longest: 85 years. In contrast, life expectancy in Lesotho is just 52.9 years due to poverty and the high incidence of HIV. Well, now, a study published recently by the journal “Royal Society Open Science” raises the possibility that humans will live 130 years in the future .
It is a research work based on data from the International Longevity Database, which has records of more than 1,100 people over 105 years of age from 13 countries and another from Italy. After analyzing all the data, Anthony Davison, professor of statistics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and director of the study , points out that they would have been able to detect it if there were a life limit of less than 130 years.
Now, this does not mean that reaching this age will be common in the future. It should be borne in mind that the data with which the analysis has been carried out comes from the minority of people who have reached 105 and 110 years of age. Therefore, the chances of reaching 130 years will be very remote, one in a million . In addition, he assures that once someone turns 110, the risk of death is 50%.
There are also other trends that indicate that humans may live up to 150 years in several centuries . Davison believes that in the 21st century, thanks to advances in science and technology, there will already be humans who will reach 130 years of age.
Longest-lived person in history
The longest-lived documented person in history is Jeanne Calment, who lived 122 years and 164 days, between February 21, 1875 and August 4, 1997. A French citizen who practiced fencing until she was 85 and rode a bicycle until she was 85. 100. In addition, he walked without the need for a cane until he was 114 years old. However, at 121 she was almost totally deaf and blind, and after her 122nd birthday her health deteriorated.
